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Old 02-07-2012, 01:20 AM   #1
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Making some mead and want to bottle in wine bottles. My question is i work at a place where i can get all the wine bottles i would like can i use them and recork them and if so how can i tell what size corks i will need.


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Use #8 or #9 corks. You can get a cheap hand corker if you are just going to bottle a few. Screw top bottles are too thin to cork, so make sure you get corked bottles. Just like beer


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